PARLEYINGS WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE OF IMPORTANCE IN THEIR DAY : TO WIT : BERNARD DE MANDEVILLE ...
by BROWNING, Robert, 1812-1889 :
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : Smith, Elder & Co., 1887. First edition. The major work of Browning's later years - literary and historical dialogues with Bernard de Mandeville, Daniel Bartoli, Christopher Smart, George Bubb Dodington, Francis Furini, Gerard de Lairesse, and Charles Avison. Foolscap 8vo (18cm). [viii],268,[iv]pp. Original red-brown cloth, ruled in black on upper cover, and in blind on lower cover; ruled and lettered across spine in gilt; grey endpapers; some very minor rubbing to extremities, occasional slight spotting, but a very good, bright and largely unopened copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ash Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17673
- Title
- PARLEYINGS WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE OF IMPORTANCE IN THEIR DAY : TO WIT : BERNARD DE MANDEVILLE ...
- Author
- BROWNING, Robert, 1812-1889 :
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : Smith, Elder & Co., 1887.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- English Literature, Poetry
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